It is not too uncommon to hear of a wedding of grandchildren of admorim at a young age, and the engagement of this couple is definitely no exception. The choson is the 16-year-old son of Rav Baruch Shimshon Hager, a son of the Vishnitz Rebbe of Monsey Shlita and son-in-law of Rav Yisrael Hager, who heads the Vishnitz community in Bnei Brak. (The choson will be 17 in a number of weeks).
The Kalah, 15, is the daughter of Rav Dovid Moshe Rosenbaum, the son of the Kretchsniff Rebbe Shlita and son-in-law of Rav Yisrael Eliezer Adler, Rav of the Rechovot Vishnitz community. The choson is engaged to his third cousin, since the kalah is a grandchild of the Imrei Chaim of Vishnitz and the choson is a grandchild from both his mother’s and father’s side.
The two arrived at the home of the Vishnitz Rebbe Shlita for a bracha and then the vort was held in Rechovot in the Kretchsniff community.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
According to Arutz Sheva, the chassuneh will only be in another year, when they’ll be 17 and 16 years old.
Which is still quite young… but not unheard of. I know of several married chassidishe avreichim in Yerushalayim who are too young to have beards. They are exceptions rather than the rule, however.
I might add that I (as a BT) got married at 21, my wife was 22. Not really young, but for BTs it is still quite young, I think.
Mazel Tov.
Marring? MARRYING, surely.